Like Harman's, Johnny Baweja's career has also failed to take off and many allege the leaked 'MMS' is just a publicity stunt.(video below)

May 28, 2016, NewsCrunch

In a new Bollywood sex scandal, an MMS video of actor Johnny Baweja's has gone viral since Friday.

The clip shows Johnny Baweja and a skimpily clad woman in a hotel room. While there is passion and kissing, they are fully clad.

Media outlets ran stories on the MMS clip comparing it to other Bollywood sex scandals and raking up concerns about privacy.

There were many tell-tale signs that the viral clip was not your regular MMS leak.

MMS clips come either from mobiles or CCTVs and are grainy as a rule. This was a professionally shot video from different angles, including closeups, with enough attention paid to the lighting.

The face of the woman is carefully kept away from the camera, which nevertheless zoomed in on Johnny Baweja.

So, what was happening?

Johnny Baweja has told Free Press Journal that the 'sex tape' was rehearsal video from a film he is doing. He said he was surprised that the footage had got leaked and added that he was embarrassed by it.

Johnny Baweja was last seen in Bollywood in 2012 in Swen. He is a close relative of producer Harry Baweja and a cousin of Harman.

Like Harman's, Johnny Baweja's career has also failed to take off and many allege the leaked 'MMS' is just a publicity stunt.

Johnny Baweja sex scandal tape is not MMS - just a leaked film scene (Viral video)

A nasty squabble broke out between Union Minister Smriti Irani and and NDTV star journalist Barkha Datt during the channel's show The Big Interview.

While both kept their voices low and resorted to nervous laughter, it was a no holds barred tussle between them.

The highlight of the debate, which the edited clip below shows, was Smriti Irani saying she knew Barkha Datt was not sexually inclined towards the female kind, forcing the journalist to clarify the question she had asked.

Barkha Datt asks if she has ever targeted anybody or made a sexual slur on anybody.

Smriti Irani latches on to the latter part of the statement. She says she knows that Barkha Datt does not have an inclination towards the female kind. "That is my understanding, so you would not make a sexual slur on a woman," she adds.

That forced Barkha Datt to clarify what she meant by not making a sexual slur on the women. She said she had never insinuated that anyone had loose morals or slept her way to the top.

"What I mean is, I never done character assassination... don't your supporters do it... we can go on and on,"she said.

Smriti Irani's gripe was that giving an interview to NDTV would upset her supporters and fraternity. The channel was genetically designed to be loaded in favour of Congress or Left and had only been demonising the BJP leadership, especially Modi, she said.

The interview looked less like a formal Q and A and more like one upwomanship game with both interrupting the other, by trying to get their point across.

At one stage of the interview, Smriti Irani said, "I think the interview about me and not you.""...But you said so many things about me, I have to respond, said Barkha Datt.

The interview again brought out the difficult relationship between NTDV and BJP, where an informal boycott of the channel is slowly inching towards a formal declaration.

Viral video: I know you are not sexually interested in women: Smriti Irani to Barkha Dutt on NDTV Straight Talk

As the ball flew over the boundary rope, Cutting knew it was too high to go for a catch. (video below)

May 28, 2016, NewsCrunch

While David Warner took Sunrisers Hyderabad to finals with a brilliant knock, it was his fellow Australian Ben Cutting's acrobatic leap over the boundary line to stop a six, that provided the showstopping moment of the match.

Riding on Warner’s unbeaten 93 off 58 balls, Sunrisers recovered rfom 84/5 to defeat Gujarat Lions by four wickets with four balls to spare at the packed Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Friday.

Aaron Finch struck a whirlwind half century to help Gujarat Lions to a challenging 162/7.

When he was on rampage, he flicked Barinder Sran for an unstoppable leg-side six. As the ball flew over the boundary rope, Cutting knew it was too high to go for a catch.

He jumped over the line, pushed the ball back before landing with a thud. The brilliant piece of fielding saved runs that proved to be crucial in the final over of the match.

Sonarika Bhadoria, who had played Parvati in Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, complained that she deleted the bikini photo as she could not tolerate the cursing and shaming that followed

May 28, 2016,

Last week, popular TV actress Sonarika Bhadoria posted a photo showing herself in a bikini and deleted it quickly within minutes.

Reason: she had hit fame playing the role of Parvati in the hit TV serial Devon Ke Dev, Mahadev. And many thought it was not befitting the actress to wear bikinis and had posted nasty comments.

Devon Ke Dev, Mahadev TV series, based on the legends of God Lord Shiva, ran for 820 episodes between 2011 and 2014, making Sonarika Bhadoria a household name.

Sonarika Bhadoria, who had played Parvati in Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, complained that she deleted the bikini photo as she could not tolerate the cursing and shaming that followed

Sonarika Bhadoria complained on her Instagram page that she deleted the bikini photo as she could not tolerate the cursing and shaming that followed. She said she was not mature enough to handle the kind of negativity she faced.

But then seems to have had a change of heart, decided to take on the trolls, and posted more bikini photos.

Sapna Vyas Patel is a social media star in her own right with a massive following on Facebook and Instagram, thanks to her inspiring story of losing 33 kgs in one year flat.

As a teen, Sapna Vyas Patel was overweight at 86 kgs. She accepted it, blaming it on the genes. It changed one day in 2009, when she was mistaken for the mother of her young niece.

She started her weight loss programme with false starts. She went on a crash diet to lose weight and the fat returned as quickly as it had gone.

She started reading about weight loss and realised that it had to be planned scientifically. She ate well in small portions but worked out rigorously to ensure that she burnt more calories than she consumed on the same day.

Sapna Vyas Patel engaged in a various physical activities – tennis, walking, workouts –which combined with intelligent eating ensured that her weight dropped to 53 kgs in a year.

She told Mumbai Gloss in a interview, “I successfully reduced weight without stretch marks, lose skin, dark circles and other side effects.”

It was what she did next that made her famous. She wanted to share her story, help others in the same boat. She started posting her insights and suggestions on social media and found that there was a ready audience for her.

Then the Angoorlata Deka episode happened making this daughter of a senior Gujarat politician a nationwide figure. Sapna Vyas Patel says she could have done without the new publicity.

Video: How Sapna Vyas Patel lost 33 kgs in one year - – her weight loss secrets

There is some confusion if the service charge waiver is limited to card payments or applies to net banking as well.

May 29, 2016, NewsCrunch

Your train tickets just got Rs 30 cheaper, if you are paying for them through credit or debit cards.

The Hindu reports that Indian Railways has decided to waive off service charge on tickets purchased using debit/credit cards at computerised reservation counters.

That is the good news. The bad news is there is no clarity if the waiver has been extended to online ticketing as well.

There is also some confusion if the waiver is limited to card payments or applies to net banking as well.

Question 7 of the FAQ on IRCTC website says - Services charges Nill for all classes - adding to the confusion.

The Railways move seems to be a follow up on a Union Cabinet decision in February this year to waive off service charge on card and online transactions to encourage cashless payments.

The cash-strapped Railways seems to have gone just the half way to implement this as service charges bring in a significant flow of money.

The percentage of people who make card payments at the counters would be small as they would rather get their tickets online. So by limiting waiver to the counter-level card payments, Railways get to implement a cabinet policy decision but without denting a revenue flow.

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, famous for her svelte figure, has posted an old photo on her Instagram page, in which she looks overweight for an actress .

Shilpa Shetty says she was 32 kgs heavier when the old photo was taken.

The 5' 8 '' actress is now said to be 62 kg. So, when the photo was taken she would have weighed 94 kg, definitely on the heavier side.

Shilpa Shetty says she posted the ''not-so-complimentary photo'' to send out a message that if she could reduce from size 16 to size 8, anyone could .

The response to her photo has been good - in just a day it has drawn 16,000 likes and generated 350+ comments,

Shilpa Shetty has not mentioned when the old photo was taken.

The actress is said to have got plastic surgery to fix her nose twice. The first time the surgeon made it more curved than she wanted, requiring a second attempt to get it right.

The shape of the nose may suggest that the photo was taken around Baazigar, her 1993 debut movie, which also starred an upcoming actor called Shahrukh Khan.

There are also reports that Shilpa Shetty also took aid of the surgeon's knife to chisel her body by getting breast and butt implants.

But the actress has also been a fitness freak, a yoga proponent, who has also brought out a popular CD on the subject.

The 41-year-old actress began her career as a model in 1991 with a Limca television commercial. Her electrifying screen presence in advertisements got her a meaty role in Baazigar, a box-office hit that earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

After Shilpa Shetty married Raj Kundra and gave birth to Viaan in 2012, she had put on about 20 kgs. She had made waves then by losing her additional pounds and getting back her pre-baby weight in less than six months.

She had advised new mothers that it took just an hour of daily exercise and eating right to trim the weight. Most mothers try to give an excuse that they are too busy for the activity.

But Shilpa Shetty says in the first nine months the baby sleeps a lot and that time can be used for hitting the gym.

Shilpa Shetty says she was overweight by 32 kgs - posts old photo to show anyone can lose weight

Unlike the ultra-expensive bullet train, Talgo offers a realistic alternative and promises to run on the existing infrastructure.*video below)

May 29, 2016, NewsCrunch

TV channels are claiming that India has taken a step closer to bullet train with the starting of the trials of the Talgo, a made in Spain train.

Talgo, a high-speed train, can hope to clock a maximum speed of 180 km per hour on Indian tracks.

That is, it would run at roughly a little over half the speed of the Japanese bullet train, which achieves an operational speed of 320 km per hour. Talgo is more likely to achieve the current speed of India's fastest train, the Gatiman Express.

The bullet train project is on a separate track and Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu hope to flag off the first train by 2013.

But unlike the ultra-expensive bullet train, Talgo offers a realistic alternative and promises to run on the existing infrastructure.

The Indian railways have started a three-phase trial of Talgo at Bareilly-Moradabad, Mathura-Palwal and Delhi-Mumbai routes.

Nine Talgo coaches filled with sand bags are being hauled by a 4,500 HP diesel engine in the first leg of the trial on the Bareilly-Moradabad route.

The officials hope to touch a top speed of 180 km per hour on the Mathura-Palwal route.

The Delhi-Mumbai route would be covered at 125 km per hour about 40 km per hour faster than the Rajdhani. It would bring down the travel time between the two cities from 17 to 12 hours, reports The Hindustan Times.

Talgo comes with light weight aerodynamic coaches, which are cheaper to manufacture.

They are said to cost about Rs 1.7 crore per coach while the average cost of manufacturing the current LHB coaches is around Rs 2.75 crore per unit, reports India Today.

Talgo also needs about 30 per cent less electricity as compared to the trains being used in India.

While it is impossible to know what the gorilla would have done to the boy, there was a high probability it would have harmed him, if you go by the research on primate behaviour. (video below)

May 29, 2016, NewsCrunch

Cincinnati Zoo officials were forced to kill an endangered gorilla to rescue a boy, who had fallen into the moat.

They decided to shoot the 17-year-old magnificent animal after it grabbed the three-year-old boy and dragged him for around 10 minutes.

A disturbing video shows the boy sitting in front of the gorilla, which lays its hands on him. You can hear the terrified people, including the buy's mother, screaming in the background.

Initial reports said officials had tranquilised the animal to rescue the boy. But they seem to have decided not to take chances and shoot the animal dead.

The zoo officials have defended their action saying it was the right thing to do.

While it is impossible to know what the gorilla would have done to the boy, there was a high probability it would have harmed him, if you go by the research on primate behaviour.

When Jane Goodall was researching on wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, she had build a cage to lock up her young son.

In an interview* she had explained that it was natural for humans and chimpanzees to eat each other. The chimps see us as just another ape and there have been recorded of them carrying away human babies, she had noted.

(Interview with Jane Goddall in We are all Stardust by Stefan Klein (Speaking Tiger, 2016, Rs 399).

Many Kannadigas are upset that Venkiah Naidu had not done anything for the state despite enjoying such a long innings.

May 29, 2016, NewsCrunch

After winning a Rajya Sabha seat from Karnataka for 18 years at a stretch, Union Minister Venkiah Naidu has shifted to Rajasthan, thanks to a Twitter campaign.

The surprise announcement by BJP on Sunday is a silent acknowledgement to the strong Twitter opposition to his re-election from Karnataka.

Venkiah Naidu was set to file his nomination from Karnataka. Media reports had stated that Modi and state BJP strongman Yeddyurappa were in favour of his nomination from the state.

But the Twitter campaign fuelled by pro-Kannada groups derailed is plans.

Many Kannadigas are upset that Venkiah Naidu had not done anything for the state despite enjoying such a long innings. They started a Twitter hashtag #Venkiahsakkiah - enough of Venkiah - to drive home the message.

In a belated move to placate local opinion, Venkiah Naidu recently announced that Bangalore would be selected for the smart city scheme. But that seemed to have had no takers.

BJP, which is eyeing to oust Congress from Karnataka in the next Assembly elections, due two years from now, decided to send Venkiah Naidu to Rajasthan, not wanting to rub the local opinion the wrong way.

But the Twitter campaign has only half succeeded.

Many were demanding all parties to nominate only Kannadigas for Rajya Sabha from the state. They are upset that of the 12 members, three were from outside Karnataka.

In this case, BJP has has decided to field Nirmala Sitharaman, another Telugu, from Karnataka instead of Venkiah Naidu.

Modi's critics may say the spoof video of Mera desh badal raha may not be totally off the mark.

`May 30, 2016, NewsCrunch

An independent filmmaker has brilliantly spoofed PM Modi's song of progress Mera desh badal raha hai, released on the occasion of his second anniversary celebrations.

The video released by Arre on May 26 has gone viral grabbing over 200,000 Likes on Facebook.

When Neil Armstrong went to moon, who was doing yoga there? You guessed it, Modi. Similarly, the video shows Modi taking part in events that unfolded in history across the world.

He walked with Gandhi on Dandi march, 1968 summer Olympics - he was there, when Martin Luther King made his I have a dream speech, Modi was a witness.

Modi was there when Americans declared independence, when Egyptians wrote hieroglyphics, he was a key artist.

Modi's critics may say the spoof video of Mera desh badal raha may not be totally off the mark. At the Saturday's India Gate event to mark the second anniversary, historic was a favourite word among the speech makers to describe the Modi regime.

Modi himself was so self-congratulatory, he said it would take Dooddarshan two weeks to telecast all of his government's achievements, The Telegraph noted.

A few photos of the pilot episode shot for the soap, shared by its director Anil Tejani, have begun to circulate. They show Madhuri Dixit paired with Benjamin Gilani, also an FTII alumnus, like Anil Tejani.

In saree and bun, carrying the imprint of the spillover fashion of the '70s, Madhuri Dixit looks thin and resembles a very young Deepti Naval.

In the 1980s, before the arrival of cable, DD was the only way to make it big on the small screen and its rejection of Bombay Hai Meri would have meant a big set back for the aspiring actress.

Though Madhuri Dixit got a break in a Rajshri movie Abodh in 1984, her takeoff to Bollywood superstardom was anything but smooth. She delivered a string of flops till 1988, making many in the industry see her as jinxed.

Tanmay Bhatt tweets his statement on Sachin-Lata controversy - no regrets, no apologies for civil war video (tweets below)

May 30, 2016, NewsCrunch

AIB comic Tanmay Bhatt seems to be unmoved by the ongoing controversy over his spoof video of Lata and Sachin.

MNS has filed a police complaint, many have threatened him with physical assault, all varieties of celebs from the passionate Anupam Kher to the level-headed Sonu Nigam have slammed him.

Tanmay Bhatt has been trending non-stop since Sunday with people cursing all kinds of things on him.

He seems to be enjoying the furor and has taken the opportunity to post a click-bait to boost his Snapchat following. He tweeted on Sunday evening saying that he had posted a statement on his Snapchat on the Lata-Sachin controversy.

People who went there got to read profound messages such as - Gotcha, this is a clickbait, thanks for following...

On Twitter, amidst inexplicable cries of Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Tanmay Bhatt has pointed at the double standards of trolls targeting him while they themselves follow no rules.

Tanmay Bhatt says words like tasteless and crass are being used by those who trend news of death before someone actually passes away - an oblique reference to Amitabh Bachchan whose false news of death had begun to trend, forcing him to clarify that the information was exaggerated.

Tanmay Bhatt tweets his response on Sachin-Lata controversy - no regrets, no apologies

The cops instead of registering Sittu’s complaint made him sit on the floor and polish their shoes (video below)

May 30, 2016, NewsCrunch

A cobbler, Sittu, 50, who had lost his mobile ended up shining shoes at a police station in Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar at Uttar Pradesh.

The cops instead of registering his complaint made him sit on the floor and polish their shoes. They had reportedly told the cobbler that they would take his complaint only if he made their shoes shine.

Media reports said police writer Rohtash asked Sittu about his profession, which inquiring into details of his complaint. On learning that he was a cobbler, Rohtash allegedly made him polish his shoes and other cops also soon handed over their footwear for sprucing up.

An onlooker took a video of the helpless cobbler’s ill-treatment and posted it on social media, where it went viral. After media picked it up, the local superintendent of police Santosh Kumar ordered a probe into the conduct of the police men.